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• 2018/07/06/Portland has criminalized poverty and mental illness  + (“Now we know: More than half of the people … “Now we know: More than half of the people arrested in Portland last year were homeless. [...] The [[ACLU of Oregon]] issued a [https://aclu-or.org/en/publications/decriminalizing-homelessness-oregon report] last year documenting 224 laws around the state that target people who are homeless. It identified laws that target people for sleeping in public places, for begging for money and for loitering. In other words, ACLU of Oregon researchers identified laws that matter only if you are homeless.”ter only if you are homeless.”)
• 2019/10/28/Victory over the worst gerrymander in modern history  + (“On Monday, a bipartisan panel of state co … “On Monday, a bipartisan panel of state court judges delivered a monumental victory against the worst [[gerrymander]] in modern history when it [https://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/athena/files/2019/10/28/5db75d06e4b006d49173ae52.pdf blocked] [[US/NC|North Carolina]] from using its [[US Republican Party|Republican]]-drawn congressional map in the 2020 elections, clearing the way for a fairer replacement that could see [[US Democratic Party|Democrats]] pick up three or more seats.” pick up three or more seats.”)
• 2009-07-06 How Long Does it Take to Set Up a Health Co-Op  + (“Paul Keckley, executive director of the [[Deloitte Center for Health Solutions]], tells Bloomberg that if existing regional co-ops are the model, such plans can take decades to fully develop.”)
• 2011/08/28/1831/link  + (“People testing the [[Google+]] s … “People testing the [[Google+]] social network are discussing increasing evidence that, terms of service requirement or not, Google+ wants people to use their legal names much as Facebook does. Skud [http://plus.google.com/103325808503679220346/posts/U2L7mooA2yF shares a heads-up from a user banned for using his initials]. Then, for example, see discussion around it on [http://plus.google.com/106318111152683661692/posts/3UKv9qqT9mh Mark Cuban's stream], [http://plus.google.com/103325808503679220346/posts/c12TA34ppnY Skud's stream] and [http://www.sarahstokely.com/blog/2011/07/why-google-should-allow-anonymouspseudonymous-names-on-google/ Sarah Stokely's blog].” ''The post includes a bingo card to keep score of anti-nym arguments.''score of anti-nym arguments.'')
• 2008-09-09 What Makes People Vote Republican  + (“People vote Republican because Republican … “People vote Republican because Republicans offer "[[moral clarity]]" – a simple vision of [[good]] and [[evil]] that activates deep seated fears in much of the electorate. Democrats, in contrast, appeal to [[reason]] with their long-winded explorations of policy options for a complex world.” However, “to see what Democrats have been missing, it helps to take off the halo, step back for a moment, and think about what [[morality]] really is.”ty]] really is.”)
• 2011-01-19 Fuller Memorial Presbyterian - Durham Rescue Mission  + (“Plans submitted to the City / County Plan … “Plans submitted to the City / County Planning department with the rezoning demonstrated several worrisome elements to neighbors. The scale had grown considerably from the single multipurpose building discussed in previous years; it now stretched over portions of five city blocks, involved the demolition of 9 houses in historic district, and contemplated the closing of two streets, creating a fenced/gated facility stretching over three blocks.”stretching over three blocks.”)
• 2020/09/23/Republicans will replace RBG but Democrats hold the trump cards  + (“Progressives should not worry about what will happen if they mimic McConnell’s constitutional hardball. Their representatives need only act with a little less restraint”)
• 2020/09/18/Murkowski says no Supreme Court confirmation before the inauguration  + (“Remarkably, Sen. [[Lisa Murkowski]], … “Remarkably, Sen. [[Lisa Murkowski]], just told Alaska Public Media on Friday afternoon that she would not confirm a new Supreme Court justice before next year's inauguration. "Fair is fair," she said speaking hypothetically before the announcement of Justice [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]'s passing.”Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]'s passing.”)
• 2020/09/19/In Memory of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg  + (“Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court justice who first rose to national prominence as an ACLU lawyer fighting for equal rights for women, has died at 87 years old.”)
• 2009-08-14 The public option will be run by insurance companies  + (“Section 3106 is difficult to read. ... I will tell you first what I derive from it in the plainest language possible, and then discuss some of its provisions so you can judge for yourself whether I got it right.”)
• 2009-06-10 Conrad Proposes Co-ops To Replace Public Plan  + (“Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) proposed replacing a public health care plan with a non-profit cooperative "that would have the same plans and would be subject to the same standards [as private plans]."”)
• 2008-07-18 Girls gone guilty  + (“That is, if you went in with a different … “That is, if you went in with a different [[interpretive framing|framework]] for explanation – like, "too many guys in one-night stands don't know how to satisfy women" or "women are better at sex than men" – you could construct another story around this data that was ... more plausible than 'women are programmed to want long-term relationship'...” relationship'...”)
• 2005-07-08 Root, Root, Root for the Bomb Team  + (“That's right, the ''[[New York Times|Times]]'' is complaining that "wealthy nations have not done enough about the [[root causes of terrorism]]"!”)
• 2011-01-05 Doctor faked data linking autism to vaccines, British Medical Journal says  + (“The ''[[British Medical Journal]]'' on Wednesday accused [disgraced British doctor [[Andrew Wakefield]] of committing an "elaborate fraud" by faking data in his studies [[Autism vaccination theory|linking vaccines with autism]].”)
• 2007-12-31 Liberals Against Diversity  + (“The ''[[New York Times]]'' … “The ''[[New York Times]]'' op-ed page is trying to go from bad to diverse. The page has hired [[William Kristol]], editor of ''[[The Weekly Standard]]'', as a weekly columnist, starting next Monday. The Politico reports that word of the hiring "caused a frenzy in the liberal blogosphere Friday night, with threats of canceling subscriptions and claims that the Gray Lady had been hijacked by neo-cons"”ad been hijacked by neo-cons"”)
• 2008-06-25 Money for Nothing  + (“The [[Bear Stearns]] p … “The [[Bear Stearns]] people dismissed my questions with ill-concealed contempt. Their computer models told them that home prices wouldn't fall much and that few people would default on their loans, barring another [[Great Depression|Depression]]. .. About the same time, [[Richard Bitner]], the co-owner of a small subprime mortgage bank in Dallas, was coming to a different conclusion. Mr. Bitner wasn't relying on mathematical formulas. He was dealing with actual subprime borrowers...” The article is a review of Bitner's book ''[[Confessions of a Subprime Lender]]''.nfessions of a Subprime Lender]]''.)
• 2019/10/28/Facebook allows prominent right-wing website to break the rules  + (“The [[Daily Wire]], … “The [[Daily Wire]], the [[right-wing]] website founded by pundit [[Ben Shapiro]], is a cesspool of [[misogyny]], [[bigotry]], and [[misinformation]]. Its toxic content is also fantastically successful on [[Facebook]], with each story reaching more people than any other major media outlet. A Popular Information investigation reveals some of this success is attributable to a clandestine network of 14 large Facebook pages that purport to be independent but exclusively promote content from The Daily Wire in a coordinated fashion.”ire in a coordinated fashion.”)
• 2017/08/08/The Guy Who Wrote the 'Google Memo' Just Might Sue  + (“The [[James Damore|former Google employee]] w … “The [[James Damore|former Google employee]] who was fired after posting a [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|missive criticizing the company's diversity efforts]] calls his dismissal illegal and says he is "exploring all possible legal remedies."”all possible legal remedies."”)
• 2008-01-10 Will the Iranian Provocation Ruse Be Allowed to Succeed  + (“The [[US Navy|navy]] s … “The [[US Navy|navy]] showed a tape of what they claimed were Iranian speedboats "harassing" a U.S. warship, along with audio of foreign-sounding bad guys making very threatening statements. .. However, after a [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hooman-majd/its-a-fake_b_80682.html blogger pointed out] that the accents of the supposed speed boat passengers could not have been Iranian, the government [http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4115702&page=1 changed its story]...”&page=1 changed its story]...”)
• 2009-11-04 The Public Option Fight Continues  + (“The basic theme of [[2009 US healthcare reform|health care reform]] is that insurance would be mandatory, subsidized and regulated.” - an overview of the bills currently being reconciled)
• 2010-01-29 Rebutting (Again!) the 9/11 Truthers  + (“The belief that a handful of unexplained … “The belief that a handful of unexplained anomalies can undermine a well-established theory lies at the heart of all conspiratorial thinking (that includes, in addition to Holocaust denial, creationism and crank theories of physics), and is easily refuted by noting that beliefs and theories are not built on single facts alone, but on a convergence of evidence from multiple lines of inquiry. All of the "evidence" for a 9/11 conspiracy falls under the rubric of this fallacy.”r the rubric of this fallacy.”)
• 2017/08/10/Google town hall meeting canceled after days of online harassment  + (“The cancellation of the town hall meeting … “The cancellation of the town hall meeting caps off nearly a week of escalating anxiety around the targeted harassment of various [[Google]] employees. Very shortly after <em>Motherboard</em> [https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/kzbm4a/employees-anti-diversity-manifesto-goes-internally-viral-at-google first reported] the existence of a [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|controversial memo]] circulating inside Google, the memo's author was identified as [[James Damore]]. (Damore was [https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/7/16111052/google-james-damore-fired-anti-diversity-manifesto fired on Monday]). Since then, [[online harassment|various corners of the internet have targeted]] Googlers who have been openly critical of the memo.”ho have been openly critical of the memo.”)
• 2008-11-25 Big Bailouts, Bigger Bucks  + (“The current [[2008 Wall Street bailout|Credit Crisis bailout]] is now the largest outlay in American history”, even when earlier outlays are adjusted for inflation.)
• 2014/04/22/The government is a protection racket for the 1 percent  + (“The evidence of [[economic disparity|income inequality]] j … “The evidence of [[economic disparity|income inequality]] just keeps mounting. According to "[http://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/bp-working-for-few-political-capture-economic-inequality-200114-summ-en.pdf Working for the Few]," a recent briefing paper from [[Oxfam]], "In the US, [[the 1%|the wealthiest one percent]] captured 95 percent of post-financial crisis growth since 2009, while the bottom 90 percent became poorer."”om 90 percent became poorer."”)
• 2020/09/26/Oregon declares state of emergency ahead of Proud Boys rally  + (“The governor of [[US/OR|Oregon]] h … “The governor of [[US/OR|Oregon]] has declared a state of emergency ahead of [[right wing|far-right]] demonstrations in [[US/OR/Portland|Portland]], where groups including the [[Proud Boys]] are expected to hold a rally following months of protests against police brutality and federal intervention.”ity and federal intervention.”)

• 2017/03/27/The Civil War is Here  + (“The left doesn’t want to secede. It wants to rule.”)

• 2017/04/17/Pro-Trump Oregon Street Preacher Kicks Guy at Crazy Berkeley Rally  + (“The man wearing a "JESUS WILL JUDGE YOU" … “The man wearing a "JESUS WILL JUDGE YOU" sweatshirt while kicking a person on the ground – standing next to a noted [[white supremacist]] sucker punching a woman in the face – is antagonistic Oregon street preacher [[Allen Wesley Pucket]]. He traveled with his associates down to Berkeley, California, on Saturday for a pro-[[Donald Trump]] "Patriot Day" [https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pg5bnm/violent-protests-turned-berkeley-into-a-battleground rally that turned violentally that turned violent)
• 2011/07/20/0836/link  + (“The problem with [[socialist]]s, … “The problem with [[socialist]]s, according to [[Margaret Thatcher]], is that "they always run out of [[other people's money]]." We haven't hit that point just yet, but we have hit our nation's legal credit limit of $14.3 trillion. To avoid defaulting on our loans, policymakers must raise that limit.” ...so that we can continue borrowing other people's money.orrowing other people's money.)
• 2015/09/10/Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Certain Terrorist Attacks  + (“The terrorist threat that led to the decl … “The terrorist threat that led to the declaration on September 14, 2001, of a national emergency continues. For this reason, I have determined that it is necessary to continue in effect after September 14, 2015, the national emergency with respect to the terrorist threat.”pect to the terrorist threat.”)
• 2020/09/19/Everything at stake in the upcoming Supreme Court battle  + (“There are significant political and logis … “There are significant political and logistical hurdles that McConnell must clear to confirm Trump's nominee with just 45 days left until the election. But there’s little Democrats can do to halt the process if Republicans, who hold a majority in the Senate, [https://news.yahoo.com/why-and-how-republicans-will-push-through-trumps-supreme-court-nominee-184752773.html remain united]. ”4752773.html remain united]. ”)
• 2008-06-03 Women and Science, again  + (“There have been [http://sciencewomen.blog … “There have been [http://sciencewomen.blogspot.com/2008/06/girls-mathematics-and-sexual-equality.html numerous] [http://sciencewomen.blogspot.com/2008/05/macho-culture-of-science-and.html posts] about a recent report on the lack of women in science and technology careers, pointing to the sexism and macho culture as the main reason women leave these careers. Needless to say the comments on some of those posts have been frustrating.” posts have been frustrating.”)
• 2004/07/30/Sex changes are not effective  + (“There is no conclusive evidence that sex … “There is no conclusive evidence that sex change operations improve the lives of transsexuals, with many people remaining severely distressed and even suicidal after the operation, according to a medical review conducted exclusively for Guardian Weekend tomorrow.” This article [[sex reassignment surgery/misrepresentation|misleadingly represents]] what is known about the effects of SRS, and the headline is an outright lie.e headline is an outright lie.)
• 2008-06-03 Pictures at church troubling  + (“There is no question, though, that the co … “There is no question, though, that the color pictures of mangled fetuses will stop you from ordering cherry cobbler for dessert. ... [[Donald Q. Fozard Sr.|Fozard]] called abortion "the most evil [[atrocity]] in the nation" and said the display is intended to combat "white folks sending money to [[Planned Parenthood]] to pay for black abortions." .. Say what?”lack abortions." .. Say what?”)
• 2008-07-02 Women Say Economy Was Factor In Getting Abortions  + (“There were 13,843 abortions performed in … “There were 13,843 abortions performed in [[US/MN|Minnesota]] in 2007. Of the women who listed a reason for their abortions, 40 percent cited economic concerns – the largest share since the state started collecting detailed abortion information a decade ago.”formation a decade ago.”)
• 2009-07-26 The formula  + (“There's no doubt members of the public must become much more knowledgeable about science and its importance. But scientists must also become far more involved with - and knowledgeable about - the public.”)
• 2017/08/11/The science doesn't support the Google memo  + (“These are some issues that males simply do not have to face. The "anxiety gap" exists for a reason, and it is not about biology.”)
• 2006-01-26 How A Declawed, Defanged Aslan will End Our Species and Our Souls  + (“This is the problem: C. S. Lewis was an unabashed traditionalist. As he outlined in The Abolition of Man, he believed there was an underlying and objective moral law, which was foundational to all human behavior.”)
• 2004/11/Surgical Sex  + (“Those I met after [[sex reassignment surgery|surgery]] w … “Those I met after [[sex reassignment surgery|surgery]] would tell me that the surgery and hormone treatments that had made them “women” had also made them happy and contented. None of these encounters were persuasive, however. The post-surgical subjects struck me as caricatures of women.”k me as caricatures of women.”)
• 2020/09/23/Surreal scenes from SCOTUS as Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrives for the last time  + (“Thousands gathered outside the Supreme Court as Justice [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] returned for her last visit on Wednesday, including more than 100 of her former clerks.”)
• 2009-08-11 Woman sues to get men to play her  + (“Three years ago, league members voted to … “Three years ago, league members voted to rescind a rule that penalized them for refusing to compete against [Nancy Griffin, a woman who has beaten many top male players] or anyone else. [Some] men have invoked both their wives and [[God]] to avoid matches against her”, while others have signed a petition supporting her case. petition supporting her case.)
• 2008-05-16 Senate Votes to Reverse FCC Decision Allowing Media Consolidation  + (“Thursday night, the Senate cast a near-unanimous vote to reverse the Federal Communication Commission's December 2007 decision to let media companies own both a major TV or radio station and a major daily newspaper in the same city.”)
• 2019/06/24/Abortion and Ben Shapiro  + (“To DESTROY [[Ben Shapiro]], you must first BECOME Ben Shapiro”)
• 2020/09/19/Trump and GOP rush on replacing RBG  + (“To Republicans, the rush to [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg/replacement|replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] i … “To Republicans, the rush to [[Ruth Bader Ginsburg/replacement|replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg]] is a simple proposition: If they don’t replace her right now with a conservative jurist, they’ll lose their chance to replace her. [..] In other words, they think they’re going to lose [[US/president/election/2020|in November]].”sident/election/2020|in November]].”)
• 2009-03-07 Limbaugh defines bipartisanship  + (“To [[US conservatism|us]], bipartisanship is [[US liberalism|them]] being forced to agree with us after we have politically cleaned their clocks and beaten them.”)
• 2017/08/11/From a logical point of view  + (“To translate this into practical language … “To translate this into practical language, if [[James Damore/Google's Ideological Echo Chamber|the Google Manifesto]] was correct, then you would expect to see that [[Google]] was full of mediocre female employees, who had been hired by a process biased in their favour despite being inadequate to the task. Whatever [[James Damore|the author of the manifesto]] thinks, Google does not believe this to be the case and as far as I can tell from industry blogs, it isn’t – female employees in tech are generally very good. This would, of course, be consistent with the hypothesis that the current selection process is biased against them.”is biased against them.”)
• 2008-03-07 Freedom Means Responsibility  + (“Under the guise of protecting us from our … “Under the guise of protecting us from ourselves, the right and the left are becoming ever more aggressive in regulating behavior. Much paternalist scrutiny has recently centered on personal economics, including calls to regulate subprime mortgages.” McGovern's point about pay-day lending seems related to the point others have made about outsourcing: the terms (be that interest or wages) may seem completely abusive by our standards, but may seem a godsend (or at least far better than the alternatives) to those who choose them.ves) to those who choose them.)
• 2000-01-18 Global Warming Is 300-Year-Old News  + (“Unfortunately for advocates of the [[Kyoto treaty]], atmospheric temperatures over the same two decades have not risen.”)
• 2007-03-06 What is science  + (“Unfortunately, "[[science]]" … “Unfortunately, "[[science]]" is one of those hugely polymorphic terms that carries a tremendous amount of baggage, and any one definition is going to be inadequate. This is one of those subjects where a smart philosopher ... could go on at amazing length, and even then, everyone will argue with their summaries. I'll just charge in, though, and give a couple of shorter definitions off the top of my head.”tions off the top of my head.”)
• 2019/10/17/Inside TurboTax's 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free  + (“Using lobbying, the revolving door and "dark pattern" customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government's attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.”)
• 2008-07-06 Student Holds Eucharist Hostage  + (“Webster Cook is a student at the University of Central Florida. He is also a top notch jerk.”)
• 2008-04-28 A Blood Libel on Our Civilization  + (“What on earth has happened to [[Ben Stein]]? … “What on earth has happened to [[Ben Stein]]? ... Though I've never met him, I know people who know him, and they all speak well of him. ... So what's going on here with this [[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed|stupid ''Expelled'' movie]]? ... It's pretty plain that the thing is [[creationist]] porn, propaganda for ignorance and obscurantism. How could a guy like this do a thing like that?”ke this do a thing like that?”)